Paul Kirkland

Brief Life History of Paul

When Paul Kirkland was born on 13 February 1939, in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, United States, his father, Paul W Kirkland, was 24 and his mother, Hattie May Proveaux, was 21. He lived in Wateree Township, Kershaw, South Carolina, United States for about 10 years. He died on 9 July 2016, in Lugoff, Kershaw, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

Paul W Kirkland
1914–1985
Hattie May Proveaux
1917–1997
Paul Kirkland
1939–2016
James Thomas Kirkland
1944–2021
Mary Kirkland
1946–2020

Sources (2)

  • Paul Jr. Kirkland, Jr, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Paul Kirkland in household of Paul Kirkland, "United States Census, 1940"

World Events (8)

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

1949 · Briggs vs. Elliot

Briggs v Elliot is filed with the federal court in South Carolina. The idea is that parents of African American students want bus transportation for their students. This request is later combined with Brown v the Board of Education case.

1960

Squaw Valley, California, United States hosts Winter Olympic Games.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of several places called Kirkland (Cumbria, Lancahires; Ayrshire, Dumfriesshire, Lanarkshire), all named with Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + land ‘land’, except for the Lancashire placename, which derives from kirkja + lúndr ‘small wood, grove’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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